DONALD TRUMP has launched an extraordinary attack on China and blamed it for "this mass worldwide killing".

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The US President has already made various allegations against China, accusing it of trying to block evidence the virus could be transmitted between people, pressurising the World Health Organisation (WHO) into not declaring it an emergency, refusing to share data and samples and denying access to its scientists and facilities.

His explosive comments come after China said the US was trying to shift the blame for Washington's own mishandling of the COVID-19 crisis.

Chinese Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said theUS was trying to smear Chinaand had miscalculated by trying to use China to avoid its own responsibility.

China's president has called an independent review of the global response to the coronavirus pandemic under the World Health Organisation once the virus is under control, and defended Beijing's own handling of the pandemic.

Xi Jinping (Image: GETTY)

In a video message to a virtual meeting of the WHO's decision-making body, the World Health Assembly, President Xi Jinping also pledged $2 billion over two years to help with the COVID-19 response.

During the two-day meeting, health ministers from around the world are expected to back calls for an independent evaluation of the WHO's performance, criticism of which has been led by Mr Trump who has threatened to withdray US funding.

President Xi called the pandemic "the most serious global public health emergency since the end of World War Two".

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He said: "All along we have acted with openness and transparency and responsibility.